CH 139

Chapter 139

When Peaceful Times Cease To Exist : A Name That Calls Death, Part 11 — Magic Battle

Translated by KaiesV

Edited by KaiesV

【Feed on my blood, spirit of fire.】

It was Alfiris who took the lead. She began chanting the most powerful magic she could use. It’s the same magic that burned down the Archfiend who once fought in the forest of Rukia. However, Lifeless looks at Alfiris and snickers at her, as if she were making fun of her. After confirming Alfiris chanting, he himself began chanting.

「（I don’t know what you are going to chant, but in magic, the first one to chant wins. And even if this magic is not as powerful as the other magic, there is no magic that surpasses it in number of moves——）」

【Sip my blood, spirit of water.】

「!?」

Hearing the chanting acronym, Alfiris’ face momentarily looks astonished, and immediately afterwards, she turns pale and hastens her chanting.

「（Don’t tell me?）」

A bad premonition that was going through hrr head. As if to shake them off, Alfiris continues her chanting.

【I will divide the gathered spirits and let them dance in the empty vessel. I will offer a further sacrifice to the spirits that dance.】

【I pour the collected spirits into the empty cup and catch them in the stagnation. I offer a further sacrifice to the spirits I have captured.】

「（He’s doing it?）」

Alfiris’ chanting is still faster than Lifeless’s. This should be able to push it by the difference in activation time—— Alphilis will take advantage of this possibility.

《Flame Capriccio!》

《Ice Requiem!》

Beasts of fire rise up from under Alfiris’ feet and rush in to bite the throat of Lifeless. But from under the feet of the lifeless, ice statues of various beasts, or sea creatures, birds, some of them humanoid—— were composed one after another, knocking down one after another the beasts released by Alfiris.

「（It’s a later start, and it’s even with my magic. And the variety of those ice sculptures! Both magic power and composition are better than mine?）」

Lifeless chuckled, perhaps noticing that Alfiris felt the difference in competence with just a single blow and was seething. Alfiris’ blood rushes to her head.

「Don’t you dare!」

【O Zirphe, Spirit of the Wind! Gather together and become a sword, forge your sword and become a wound.】

【O Gnome, Spirit of the Earth! Gather together and become fangs; divide your fangs and become an Orochi!】

「（This guy!）」

A visible mass of wind is spiraling in front of Alphilis’ eyes. Meanwhile, in front of Lifeless, the ground rises up and several clods of earth, resembling giant serpents, rear their heads.

Alfiris takes a deep breath and releases a mass of wind.

《Helical Shoots!》

《Ouroboros Bite!》

Lifeless’ earth serpent bites down on the wind scroll bullets released by Alfiris. The earth snakes were being chipped away one by one, two by two, but the force of the wind projectiles was also clearly decreasing. And just as the last serpent was crushed, the wind also disappeared. Up to this point, the teams were evenly matched. But then…

「（No doubt, this guy is deliberately chanting afterwards to hit the magic of the opposite attribute. You have to be very confident in your chanting speed and magic power to do such a thing… But then, how about this?）」

Alfiris continues to chant.

【I desire thee, incarnation of the filthy waters. Here, unleash thy violence and hatred, and lay waste to my enemies.】

《Summon, Charybdis Of The Whirlpools!》

Alfiris used summoning magic. Although the summoned magical beast was water-attribute, the summoning magic itself belonged to non-attribute. Alfiris thought that it would be impossible to nullify it.

【I summon the dirty water and return thee to the depths of the dark waters of peace.】

《Abyss Swirl crawling out of the black.》

Lifeless formed a vortex with dark magic and swallowed Charybdis. Moreover, perhaps ironically, he swallowed the vortex demon with vortex magic.

But now it was clear. Alfiris is completely fooled by Lifeless.

「Are you toying with me?」

「…Not at all, but seriously, I’m teasing you…」

「Kuh!」

「…Kukuku… Don’t you think it’s naive for a little girl who hasn’t lived for 20 years to think she can beat me in a battle of magic… what’s the matter… are you done?」

Alfiris’s thoughts spin dizzyingly. The absolute amount of magic power is not far behind. The speed of their chanting is also superior. Lifeless’ magic composition is also more refined. Then what should he do?

「（If I have an advantage, it’s that Lifeless is still playing. There is infinitely less reason for me to win if I play it right, but I should be able to catch him off guard now… I’ll give it a shot.）」

Alfiris thinks of several different moves to defeat Lifeless, but she has never tried any of them. It will be a one-or-two hit-and-run.

「…If you won’t come, shall I come to you…?」

「No, not yet!」

【O Thor, God of Thunder, I bow down and desire thy power. I come down and gather around the pillars, I gather around the pillars and become as large as the hearts of giant beasts, and I will show them thy power in the form of my wrath.】

「…Ohh…」

What Alfiris is trying to cast is a thunderbolt-type magic, which is an advanced magic of wind. Among them, it is the highest class magic when it comes to power against a single person. Although Wind-specialized magicians have sometimes attained this level of power as a result of long training, there are few cases, even in Lifeless’ memory, where a young magician who uses multiple systems at the same time displays this level of magical control.

「…And it’s a big one…」

Composed in front of Alfiris’ eyes was a mass of lightning about 50 cm in diameter. Normally, this magic is barely the size of the palm of one’s hand, but Alfiris’ magical power was outstanding. Alfiris, however, had intended to spend almost all of her magical power on this one blow.

「…But the magic is slow to hit its target … and more powerful for that… The distance between you and me is 30 meters now… I can chant after I let go and still make it in time and easily lose…」

「How about that?」

「…Funny, I dare you not to lose… try it…」

「You don’t have to tell me. Eat this!」

Alfiris performs magic as if she were throwing a ball.

《Thor Cannon!》

At the same time, Lifeless begin chanting.

「（…Hmm, Is defensive magic indeed better…?）」

【Come together, solidify, become a mass.】

【Gather around, Spirits of Wind!】

「!?」

Just as Lifeless was about to cast a defensive spell, Alfiris cast a short spell. Unlike the short, unchanted spells, the chanting is a little more powerful, but at most it is powerful enough to blow up ordinary people, and it has little effect on magic that is resistant to it.

「（…What are you thinking…?）」

【Blow it up.】

《Aero Blaze!》

「!?」

But Lifeless was truly surprised. The short spell that Alfiris released did not originate from Alfiris, but occurred right in front of Lifeless’ eyes. Since magic is generated by chanting and hand signs, it should be common knowledge that it comes from the magician’s surroundings, but Alfiris overturned this common knowledge with ease.

Lifeless was also completely caught in a falsehood, but no matter how ineffective it is, if the wind explodes in front of you, your actions will be momentarily restricted. Above all, the wind pressure made it impossible to continue chanting. As a result, Lifeless was exposed in a near defenseless state. A mass of lightning approached in front of him.

「（…But… it won’t reach me…）」

【Shed time and shrink space. Move forward.】

「（…What the hell… now it’s a Space-time Manipulation Magic…!?）」

A Time-space Manipulation type of magic whose users are rare. It speeds up or slows down the time in the area of effect, and it is said that if developed, it can even interfere with aging.

「（…Impossible…）」

《Accel》

Alfiris accelerated the lightning mass cannon itself, which she had just released. A mass of lightning suddenly accelerated in front of his eyes, closing in on Lifeless.

「…Shit…」

Lifeless was without words or defense, and took a direct hit from Alfiris’ magic.